OCALA, Fla. — A Marion County judge was forced to declare a mistrial in a murder case after he was left without enough jurors.
Jowarn Mitchell is accused of fatally shooting his cousin, Quentin Samuel Jr., in July 2023. Samuel was killed at a home on on Southeast 41st Court in Ocala.
Prosecutors say the trial was called off after one of the jurors recognized Mitchell‘s family, then a second juror, who asked to be excused because of work, claimed he also knew a family member.
A new trial date has not been set.
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